Hot Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen In ‘Age Of Uprising: The Legend Of Michael Kohlhaas’

Mads Mikkelsen‘s stateside profile has risen exponentially with his title role in NBC’s Hannibal. And his latest pic The Salvation is screening in the Midnight section at Cannes this month. Here’s a look at his star turn in the medieval epic Age Of Uprising: The Legend Of Michael Kohlhaas, which earned a Palme d’Or nom on the Riviera last year. Michael is a respected merchant and family man as Europe rests at the crossroads between the old world and new. But then a nobleman steals his horses, which leads to mayhem — and a rampaging quest for revenge. Bruno Ganz, Denis Lavant, Melusine Mayanee, David Kross, Delphine Chuillot and Sergei Lopez in the pic from director Arnaud des Pallieres. He also co-wrote it with Christelle Berthevas. Based on the literary classic, the Music Box film opens May 30 in theaters and VOD. Have a look:

15 Comments

Steve • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

“Anthony Mann’s BICYCLE THIEVES”. Cool.

watchist • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

are we still doing this? does anybody over the age of 14 not find the throaty cliched affected idiot trailer guy voice not repulsive?
he’s the turkish star wars ripoff of voices.
the trailer’s got the cringe factor of 1950’s ‘doctor recommends’ tv ads for smokes.
don’t adults buy movie tickets anymore?

George PGA • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

What moron (at distribution or at the sales company) decided to use the stupid trailer voice over to ruin what looks like an interesting film, thank god the stupid (v.o) stops mid way through! You have enough credibility with the lead actor, Cannes and the Palme Dors nod!

G

DK • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

my thoughts exactly. It makes it seem like a cheap C historical movie. please tell me the international version is better

Courtney • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

That’s exactly what I was thinking. The voiceover and the weird fonts seemed completely out of place.

Jo • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Looks exactly like The Salvation but in medieval times. Pass

rob • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Terrible voice over- makes it feel like this is a comedy

Maryland • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Yes – exactly the same as The Salvation, but in a different language. How strange.

Jon • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Looks exactly like The Salvation but in medieval times. I’m in.

J • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Looks exactly like The Salvation but in medieval times. With a great voice over.

Lisa Svensk • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Great trailer!

Meredith Marsh • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

Yikes, yes, the voice over in this is extremely odd given that the director very explicitly wanted a visual film, not a verbal one. The movie is very different from the coming attraction. Loosely speaking the plot comes from a famous German story which the film-makers have quite brilliantly transplanted to the mountains of Navarre, which, in the early Sixteenth Century, was a separate nation from France – technically at least — whose queen was the sister of the king of France. And it was one important birthplace of the Protestant religion, which later in the century would be pitted against Catholicism in bloody warfare which tore France apart. In this movie the hero is a perfect portrait of the kind of man who became Protestant: he reads the bible, which had just been translated from the Latin and printed, and he has a sense of his natural rights to justice. It is his quest for justice that drives him to take up arms against the nobility. There is fighting but it’s not really an “action film,” and it will strike some as slow. However, the history it draws on is impeccable, Mikkelsen is amazing, and emotionally the film is very moving.

Hi!!i’m an italian girl and i’ve seen this film in original language with subtitles: it’s simply…. Beautifull! Beautifull images, beautifull actors, beautifull story!! It’s an epic story, really look this any way!!
Thanks for the attention and excuse my english ;)
bye!!
Anna Mabi.

Bradley • on May 5, 2014 7:55 pm

just read martha de laurentiis says she will run not walk to to see this film on 5/30. i suspect this film producer has a crush on the good dr. lecter.